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What’s Happening to Healthcare?

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Last week the Los Angeles Times declared it conventional wisdom thatCOVID-19 proves Bernie Sanders was right about “Medicare for All.” The Times said with universal health coverage, the government wouldn’t have to send emergency aid to “hospitals and state health programs.” But is that actually true?

The Single-Payer Party

March 19, 2019 Ian Underwood

In a previous post, I considered the question: How can people who prefer safety to freedom coexist with people who prefer freedom to safety? The former are always going to be tempted to accomplish their goals by gaining control of the levers of government, in order to force the latter to go along with their agenda.

But what if they could get what they want, without doing that? Because they surely can, if they’ll just do one simple thing.

The American Journey to Single-Payer

July 15, 2024July 18, 2016 Steve MacDonald

We discuss the dishonest campaign antics of Congressional candidate Eric Estevez, then get into Medicaid Expansion and some local players who by pandering to it are helping us on our way to single-payer.

The Specter of Single-Payer Looms

July 15, 2024September 17, 2015 Steve MacDonald

We continue with Canadian Health care refugee Shona Holmes on the tens of thousands who flee to the US for care, and the risk it poses when thy try to “get back in line” north of the border. And, how all of this is waiting for us after ObamaCare’s engineered failure leads to the real … Read more

You Must Wait Two Years For Most Surgeries

July 15, 2024September 16, 2015 Steve MacDonald

Canadian Health Care Refugee Shona Holmes joins us to discuss The Great White North’s record wait times to see physicians or to get surgeries, and how America is on this road now.